THIERRY HENRY has hailed Rangers for giving Steven Gerrard the time to topple Celtic in the Scottish Premiership. 

Gerrard has this season delivered his first trophy for Gers after being in the Ibrox hotseat since 2018.

Henry has kept tabs on Gerrard's job with Rangers and he has been mightily impressed by his former on-field rival.

Speaking on the Robbie Fowler Podcast, he said: "What Stevie G has done is just ridiculous. What a man. I knew he was going to deliver.

"What I like is they gave him time to build a team. He was able to grab the players that he wanted to make sure they were going to play.

"When they got Steven Davis everyone went 'what?'. He got Davis for a reason, to start a midfield with fresh legs in and around.

"I love the fact that they gave him time to be able to catch Celtic. It wasn't going to happen in one season or two seasons. Now it has happened."

Meanwhile, Henry has come off all social media platforms after highlighting the links between online abuse, mental health issues and suicide.

Former Arsenal and Barcelona striker Henry disabled all of his accounts on Saturday, describing current levels of racism and bullying on online platforms as “too toxic to ignore”.

The 43-year-old’s action – announced in on a statement on Friday – comes during a spate of hate posts directed at footballers, himself included.

“Recently it happened to me off social media, it happened on social media. But recently it’s been coming quite a lot, players getting abused,” he told Good Morning Britain.

“I just think that it (social media) is not a safe place at the minute.

“People are getting racially abused but, when you see the statement, I talk also about bullying, harassment that can cause mental issues, people commit suicide because of it.

“It’s very difficult to eradicate everything but can it be safer? We all know that it is a great tool but a lot of people are using it as a weapon. Why? Because they can hide behind fake accounts.

“I know that a little portion of the world are using it as a weapon. ‘Can it be safer?’ is all I am asking. I will be back on it, when it’s safe.”